Best way to clean a sand bottom

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I love the sand in all my tanks. But I paid for the nice stuff and it's been worth every penny so far.

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PFS all the way. Never personally used play sand, but I do hear a lot of people talk about how light it is and it getting sucked up during water changes.


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For cleaning I just use a hose and hover over the top. My rays sift it well and the poop they put out is very visible and easy to get

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The brand won't matter,some are darker shades,or slightly different grain size.I bought a bag from harrows.after that I found a post about quickcrete all purpose sand found in lowes or home depo.now its all I use

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I use play sand mixed with crushed coral, and when I vac I skim the top with the plain hose end, no vac attachment, to increase local suction. Once I skim the sand surface, I stop suction and then kind of swish the tube over the sand real quick to disturb the top layer. This frees up more crap which I then just suck right up.
 
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